For those of us who remember the music of the 80’s & 90’s it was a trip down memory lane with an unforgettable night of music at Tags in Big Flats, NY on Saturday, July 8th. That music came in the form 80’s Metal as headliner Tom Keifer the former singer of Cinderella, Stephen Pearcy former front man of the 80’s band Ratt and and the all woman hard rocking Glam metal band Vixon. Throw in amazing weather ironically in the 80’s and you have an amazing night of music.
Tom Keifer has come along way since his days of Cinderella and the tough times of dealing with “vocal cord paresis” in the early 90’s. It’s a disease that litterally attacks the vocal cords and forcing Tom to litterally learn to sing from scratch. Hey brought many of his favorites this night such as “Coming Home”, “Nobody’s Fool”, “Gypsy Road” and “Don’t Know What You Got (til it’s gone).”
Tom’s band is called Keiferband and includes Tony Higbee on lead guitar, Bill Mercer bass (both from Nashville, TN), Jarred Pipe on drums from Hendersonville TN, and Kory Myers on keys hailing from Southaven, Mississippi. Back up singers are Tom’s wife Savana and Tanya Davis, also from Nashville.
Before Tom got things going it was Stephen Pearcy bringing back the 80’s in style.
Pearcy, the former front man for the 80’s hair band Ratt proved that age is just a number by belting out famous Ratt ballads as good as he did 40 years ago. Ratt favorites “Back for More”, “ Wanted Man” and “Round & Round” we well received by the crowd.
Starting the night was Vixen with there all female lineup featuring original member Roxy Petrucci on drums, Britt Lighting tearing it up on lead guitar, Lorraine Lewis on lead vocals and recent addition Julia Lage on bass.
Vixen, whose history goes all the way back to the streets of St. Paul, Minnesota in 1980, has withstood the test of time by being the only female band from the 80’s to sell over a milllion albums, had six #1 videos on MTV and had four songs in Billboards top 100. The Tags crowd gave them a huge ovation when they finished their show with “Edge of a Broken Heart.”
The show was another amazing night celebrating 30 years of music at Tags Summer Sound Stage in Big Flats, located between Corning and Elmira. The next big show on the horizon is Country star Dustin Lynch on August 11. Go to www.tagstickets.com for more info.
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